Child s cabriage



G. MAYNARD.

Children's Carriage. No. 22,300. Patnted Dec 14, 1858 N-FFTER3. FHOTOLITHUGRAPHH. WASHINGTON. D. C.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GILBERT MAYNARD, OF GREENFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS.

GHILIDS CARRIAGE.

Specification of Letters Patent No.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GILBERT MA NA'RD, of Greenfield, in the county of Franklin and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Childrens Chaises; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, in which Figure 1, is a side View of my improvement. Fig. 2, is a plan or top view of the. same.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the two figures.

This invention relates to an improvement in a mode of forming the springs of childrens chaises, which was formerly patented by me, the Letters Patent bearing date July 7th, 1858., In the patent alluded to the springs and bearings of the wheels were formed of a single rod bent in proper shape.

The within described invention is designed to render springs constructed on said plan more durable without adding materially to the cost of construction.

To enable those skilled in the art to fully understand and construct my invention I will proceed to describe it.

A, represents the draft pole of a childs chaise and B, is a rod of iron or steel bent at the center to fit a loop (a, which serves as a means for securing the rod B, to the under side of the pole near its inner end. The pole A, may be of the usual or approximate form. The rod B, is first bent outward at right angles from the pole A, an equal distance at each side as shown at b, b, and is 22,300, dated December 14, 1858.

then bent forward at each side in circular form as shown at c, and the ends are curved backward as shown at (Z, and are attached to the axle C, near the arms 6, on which the wheels are placed, The circular portions c, of the rods form chiefly the springs, the body of the chaise being attached to the pole A. The portions (Z, (Z, of the rod B, pass directly under the ends of the portions 6 b, of the rod at their junction with the circular parts 0, c, and in case the chaise is overloaded the parts (Z, serve as supports to the parts 0, c, as shown in red Fig. 1, and in case the back parts of 0, c, touch (Z, the latter will have some elasticity.

The advantage of this improvement over the other formerly patented by me, is that the axle C, prevents the wheels from spreading, a contingency liable to occur in the former case, and that by coiling or bending the rod so that its portions 0, 0, will be over the parts (Z, (Z, a support will be obtained for the parts 0, c, and the springs prevented from being unduly strained.

I do not claim, broadly, the employment pf coil springs in connection with carriages, )ut.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is,

Connecting the axle C, with the tongue A, by means of the peculiarly formed rods B, which also serve as springs for the vehicle, as herein shown and described.

GILBERT MAYNARD.

Witnesses:

SAMUEL O. LAMB, OHAUNCY B. TURNER. 

